climate change Archives

Protecting patients’ health in the face of climate change

July 17, 2024

Protecting patient health resulting from climate change requires coordinated efforts from physicians, health systems, and communities. Learn how Permanente Medicine is tackling this challenge.

Permanente physicians in the news – August 2023

August 3, 2023

Permanente physicians provide expertise on a variety of topics in news media reports, from discussions on how to address the health effects of climate change to understanding menopause's effects on women's hair.

PermanenteDocs Chat on climate change and its impact on human health

April 3, 2023

Northwest Permanente physician Anne C. Toledo, MD, discusses the impact of climate change on health and how physicians can help.

Colin Cave, MD, on treating climate change as a public health crisis

October 18, 2022

Northwest Permanente physician leader Colin Cave, MD, talks about the actions physicians and health systems can take to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on public health, especially vulnerable communities.

Podcast: Addressing climate change’s impacts on health

September 15, 2022

In a special edition of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Northwest Permanente leader Colin Cave, MD, explains why climate change is a public health crisis.

PermanenteDocs Chat on health and the environment

March 29, 2022

Watch a replay of our chat with Sande Irwin, MD, as she discussed the "Wait, Don't Waste" program and physicians' role in climate health.

Imelda Dacones, MD, discusses health impacts of climate change in Becker’s podcast

April 23, 2021

In an interview with Becker’s Healthcare founder and publisher Scott Becker, Northwest Permanente’s president and CEO calls climate change “a threat multiplier” in communities already hit hard by COVID-19.

Imelda Dacones, MD, shares 5 steps physicians can take to address climate change on MedPage Today

April 22, 2021

The Northwest Permanente president and CEO writes that now is the time to leverage lessons learned during the pandemic to implement environmentally responsible behaviors.

Climate change: ‘In our lane’ as physicians

April 22, 2020

Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, says physicians have an obligation to reduce the causes and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Stephen Parodi, MD, calls medical evacuees the new climate refugees in NY Times opinion piece

November 1, 2019

Physician leader Stephen Parodi, MD, writes how evacuating hospitals during wildfires is becoming an everyday reality in California – putting physicians, care team members, and patients on the front lines of climate change.